'Gangster Squad' a stylish but shallow noir tale, critics say

'Gangster Squad' a stylish but shallow noir tale, critics say

Want to talk about 'Gangster Squad' without worrying about spoiling the movie for others? This is the place!

(Watch a trailer for Gangster Squad below.) But the film was delayed in the wake of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shootings so a climactic shootout â€" which originally took place in a theater â€" could be rewritten. (The scene now takes place in the

FRIDAY 2 PM 2ND UPDATE (dictated): I said "not so fast": sources telling me that, based on matinee trends, Annapurna Pictures/Sony Pictures' Zero Dark Thir.

Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn in a mob-movie misfire.

What THR's critics say about the movies opening this week.